Trench-filling apparatus.



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AP! Ll'lATION FILED AUGA, 1909.

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WILLIAM G. HOW'E, F BUTLER, INDIANA.

TBENCH-EILLIN G APP ARAT US.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 20,1916.

Application find August 4,1909. Serial No. 511,114.

To .472 whom, it may corwern:

Be it known that l, Winds)! G. Hows,

a citizen of the UnitedStete's, residing at Butler, in the count-yof llekulh and b'tpte of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Trench-Filling Apparatus, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

Thisinvention hos relation to trench-filllug apparatus, and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts,

as hereinafter shown and described.

The objecs of the invention is to provide a simple and an eilcctire portuhles'pps-I ruins of the character indicated which may 16 be economically operatedior the purpose 0! refilling earth in an open trench.

With the above obieci in view the appr=- rains comprises a wheel-mounted frame upo'n which is located an engine and a journaled shaft operatively connected with the shaft or ihe'engine. A series of drums is "finounted upon the said shaft. and means is provided for causing the said drums l-O r0- tate with the shaftatwill, said means being" 15 susceptible of manipulation wherebg the said drums may remain at rest wlii e the shaft rotates. A boom is pivotally attached tothe frame, and a mast is erected upon the frame. A tackle is connected'ab one end with the free end of the boom and passes over the mast, and means is provided for adjustahly scouring the other end of the inclileto the platform. A cable is arranged to wind upon one ofthe drums mounted upon the -shaft journaled upon the platform and passes through a block carried at the free end of the boom. 'A csbleis arranged.

to wind upon the other drum upon said shaft and asses through guides-jgournaled upon the p atform. Both of the said cables are connected with a .-craper, and the parts are so arranged that as one cable is wound upon its drum, the other esble may unwind from its drum, or the parts of the apparatus may be so manipulated that the drums will 7 wind the cable thereon simultaneously,

, whereby the slack in the said cables may be ad'usted to a nicety.

n the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top Inn View of the apparatus. Fig; 2

is an en elevation of the some. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged View of a portion of one of the winding drums. Fi 5 is a detail enlarged View of the end 0% one of the winding drums.

f The apparatus comprises a platform 1 1 which is mounted upon supporting wheels '2. The said wheels are provided at their edges with -;innul:ir flanges 3. An engine stops 11 and 1-2 rispoctivi-ly. Levers 13 and are located between the winding drums 9 and 10. The lever 13 is operatively connected with a clutch member 1 which is slidsbly mounted upon the-shaft 7, and the lever 1-1 is operatively connected with a clutch is adapted to engage the stop 11 provided upon the drum 9. while the clutch member 16 is adapted to orange :the slop 12, provided upon the end of the drum 19. The levers 13 and 14 are located in close proximity to each other and may be operated indestanding upon the platform and having 1 is fixed a rela-' are provided upon their adjacent ends with.

M are fulcrumed upon the platform 1 andpendently or simultaneously by an operator.

-1 is muiinted upon the platform 1 and is member l6 vrhich is also slidauly mounted upon the shaft 7. The cluteh member 15 one of the said levers in each hand. A

rnast 17 is erected upon the platform 1 and is provided upon its upper end with a journaled sheave 18.

A boom 19 is pivotally connected at its lower end to one side of the platform 1 and is located in a plane between the adjacent endsjof .winding drums ,9 and 10. A tackle 20 is attached at one end to the free end porsheave 18 and at its other end is adapted to besecured to the platform 1 in a manner as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawing. It is obvious that by paying out or drawing in the tackle 20. tho-boom 19 may be pitched at a. desired angle with relation to the plane of the platform 1. Guide rollers .21 and 22 are mounted u on the platform'l. A cable 23 rollers 21 and 22. The other end of the said cable 23 is attached to the. bail 24' of 3 upon the drum 10 and passes over or through a block 27, located at the outer free end-of is arrange to wind upon the drum 9 and passes through the space between the guide-.

scraperv A cable. 26 is arranged to wind 4 tion of the boom 19 and passes over the-- loo 'wind from the said drum 10, as the cable 23 the boom 19 and at its other end is attached to the scraper 25 The craper 95 is providedwith handles 28, whereby tlxe said scraper may be guided by an operator. A. brace 19' best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings is connected at its outer end to the outer portion efthe boom lf and is pivotally connected at its inner end to the platform 1 at a point beyond the guide rollers 21 and 22 so that the said rollers are located between the said brace and the boom 19. The boom l9 and the said brace 19 are free to swing n vertical direction only and are restrained against swinging in any other direction with relation to the platform t.

In operation the platform is arrangct'l upon the surface of the ground at that side of a trench opposite th side thereof upon which the earth is piled and whi h is to he refilled intoJhe trench. The platform 1 being so positioned, the boom 19 extends transrcrselr across the trench andthe pile of dirt to be. refilled. It is obvious that when the engine 4 is in operation, rotary movement will be transmitted from the engine shaft 5 throiigh iuternn'shing wheels and S to the shaft 7. and when it desire that the scraper 25 shall be drawn toward the trench and the platform. 1, the OPGIHIUI' swings the lever 13 so as to bring the clutch member 15 in engagement with the stop 11 upon the Winding drum 9. Thus the said drum 1) caused to rotate with the shaft- 7, and the cable is wound thereon, and the scraper drawn toward the trench and the plat.- form 1. As the said scraper encounters the earth at the opposite side of the trench the earth is drawn toward the trench and falls therein when the scraper arrives at the side of the trench. At the same time the oprrator may swing'the lever 14. whereby the clutch member 16 is disengaged from the stop 12 upon the winding drum 10. and the said drum is thereby set at liberty to unwind upon the shaft 7. and the cable 26 may an.-

is .wound upon the drum 9. To draw' the scraperQJ bark away from the trenrln the lever 14: is swung so that the clutch member 16 engages the stop 12 upon the windingi drum 10, and, at the same time, the lever 13 1 and 23 more in reverse direction from thatfirst, described, and an operator may grasp the handles 28. of the scraper 25 and guide the same to a desired point upon the pile of earth at which it is the intention to make the next incision to draw the earth toward the trench. lnasmueh as the supporting wheels 2 of the platform 1 are provided with peripheral flanges I}, the said flanges will cut into the soil and prevent a tendency of the platform from slipping rld0\\'l$fl under the strain when pulling the loaded scraper toward the trench. By reason of the fact that the platform is mounted upon wheels it may be readily moved-from place to place or along the trench. as the same is tilled.

Having (l(.-(fl'lll(?(l my invention, what I claim as new. and desire to secure, by Let ters Patent, is:

An apparatus as described comprising a wheel mounted platform, ail-engine located upon the platform, a shaftoperatively connected with the engine. winding drums mounted upon the shaft. lever actuated clutch mechanisms mounted upon the shaft for engagementwith the winding drums and being located between the adjacent ends of the drums, a boom pirotally attached to he platform and restrained in swing in a vertical plane only between the adjacent ends of the drums, a cable arranged to wind upon each drum, one of said cables being, guided along the boon] and a, guide for the other cable located upon the platform. a manually dircctible scraper with which both of said cables connect, a brace attached to the boom and pirotally connected with the platform, said cable oide being located upon the. platform at a point between the. end of the said brace and the end of the said boom.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own. I have h to afixed my signature in the presence of (V. witnesses.

. WILL! ill G. HOWE.

Witnesses Fmsn L. Lone,

T. Emma SIMON.

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